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Calendar of Events January-April 2013 Bonjour India Festival Date Event Time Venue DécouvrirJanuary - April 2013 09-10 February Bonjour India Festival – Science and Heritage 1:00 pm onwards IIT-Gandhinagar 2013 Astronomy Project till the stars come! 19-25 February Bonjour India Festival – Photo Exhibition ATMA – Mill Owner’s Building 2013 “France Heritage” - Inauguration (19 February 2013) 7:00 pm Ashram Road, Ahmedabad “France Heritage” On Public View (20-25 February 2013) 11: 00 am-8:00 pm 25 February Bonjour India Festival - 8:00 pm Cinépolis - Alphaone Mall 2013 French Short Films Session onwards Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 26 February Bonjour India Festival – French Film Festival Cinépolis - Alphaone Mall 2013 Populaire by Régis Roinsard 8:00 pm (1st film) Vastrapur, Ahmedabad In the House by François Ozon 10:30 pm (2nd film) Bonjour India Festival – French Film Festival 27 February Cinépolis - Alphaone Mall Zarafa by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe 8:00 pm (1st film) 2013 Vastrapur, Ahmedabad Lie Hand in Hand by Valérie Donzelli 10:30 pm (2nd film) Bonjour India Festival – French Film Festival CULTURE 28 February Cinépolis - Alphaone Mall The Dandelions by Carine Tardieu 8:00 pm (1st film) Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 2013 Camille Rewinds by Noémie Lvovsky 10:30 pm (2nd film) Bonjour India Festival – Classical Music Gujarat University FANATIKA 03 March ANANTA 8:30 pm Convention Centre 2013 Opus 195 Helmet Circle, Ahmedabad Concerto for sarod, electronic & symphonic orchestra SCIENCE 15 March Bonjour India Festival – Literature 7:00 pm Gujarati Sahitya Parishad 2013 Lecture on Albert Camus by Ms. Sabine Peters HERITAGE Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad - Regular Events LIBRARY 4:00 pm 10-12 January Fantika Theatre Club Gujarati Sahitya Parishad onwards 2013 8th International Workshop with Nathalie Mentha PEDAGOGY 19 January 2013 Ciné-club 7:00 pm Gujarati Sahitya Parishad 20 January 2013 Les femmes du 6e étage by Philippe Le Guay 6:00 pm IIT-Gandhinagar 01-03 February Fanatika International Theatre Documentary See Schedule 2013 Festival – 2nd edition on Page 35 Gujarati Sahitya Parishad THE 04-15 February City Safari Project BIG SHIFT OF 2013 by Eryck Abecassis and Julie Skarland TBC National Institute of Design (NID) ALLIANCE 15-17 February Fanatika International Theatre Documentary See Schedule Faculty of Performing Arts 2013 Festival – 2nd edition on Page 35 M. S. University, Vadodara FRANÇAISE Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad 23 March Francophonie Day Celebrations 6:00 pm 2013 Activities by Alliance Française students Gujarat College premises 7 April 2013 Ciné-club 6:00 pm IIT-Gandhinagar 13 April 2013 Tomboy by Céline Sciamma 7:00 pm Gujarati Sahitya Parishad April Film Screening “Mrinalini Sarabhai, The Artist and Her Art” TBC Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad 2013 by Yadavan Chandran and Mallika Sarabhai New premises INDIA April Film Screening “Bansuri Guru” TBC Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad 2013 by Rajeev Chaurasia New premises Executive Committee President Pavan Bakeri For its activities, the Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad benefits Vice-President from the support of the French Embassy in India and the Alliance Française Foundation Abhijit Sen Treasurer Editorial Swati Soparkar Secretary Prabir Basu Dear Friends, Members Bonjour, Namaste, Kem Chho? Parmanand Dalwadi Meera Lakhia First of all I wish all our members, students, employees, partners and friends C. K. Koshy best wishes for this New Year, with success, joy, tolerance and always-new Sharad Jain ideas, projects and discoveries. Tiven Marwah Shrikant Rakhe Welcome to AF d'Ahmedabad & Baroda Annexe newsletter: Gujarat with Director French Touch! Philippe Martin In the following pages, I invite you to read the editorials of the most French Coordinator Chintan Pandya (Culture) your logo here? Amdavadi, the President of our Institution, Mr. PavanBakeri, and of Mr. Paresh Punjani (Courses) contact Alliance Française Jean-Philippe Bottin, Délégué General of the AF network in India and Nepal. Mala de Fenoyl (Courses Baroda) Administrator Our dream project is now a reality! We will shift to our new premises by April Raj Vakil (Ahmedabad) 2013 with incredible facilities. Just flip the pages of this publication and you Shilpa Thackre (Baroda) Alliance Française will be closed on will discover our brand new centre! Assistant Maïté Courgeon (Culture) Priyal Kothari (Course) JANUARY MARCH APRIL Bonjour India is back, February-March 2013 in Gujarat Accountant Discovering well known French and Indian artists, among them sarod 01 (Tuesday) New Year Day 10 (Sunday) Maha Shivaratri 19 (Friday) Ramnavami Bobby Christie maestro Amjad Ali Khan and Pierre Thilloy for an original creation, watching Teachers 14-15 (Mon-Tues) Uttarayan 27 (Wednesday) Holi 23 (Tuesday) Mahavir Jayanti French films and enjoying exhibitions, scientific talks, etc. represent Anne Balaram 25 (Friday) Eid-E-Milad 29 (Friday) Good Friday important parts of your enjoyment of French language and culture. Bonjour Payal Choksi 26 (Saturday) Republic Day India is a unique opportunity to discover the best of the French and Indian Shreeja Dayanand Sapna Garg artistic scene! Stay tuned and log on to www.bonjour-india.in Dipal Kansara Dipika Kshatriya Alliance Française d'Ahmedabad Alliance Française - Besides Bonjour India our regular activities continue with the Fanatika Chaarvi Ladia Shahid Vir Kinariwala Marg, Annexe Baroda Theatre Club, which will present its 2nd documentary film festival and Hélène Lavingia welcome again in the city our Swiss friend, Nathalie Menhta, for a workshop Rajeshwari Parasu kreativeidea +91 98259 26602 Opp. Gujarat College, Ellisbridge 1, Sangeet Society Jayesh Patel Ahmedabad 380 006 Gujarat, India. session. You will also have the opportunity to discover the new creation of Opp. Shivashray Society Eryck Abecassis following NoisIndia project... and much more at our Rinku Patel Tel: +91 79 26401551, 26560271 Mansi Pathak Web: http://ahmedabad.afindia.org Vasna Road, Baroda 390 015 multimedia library, always! Kanchan Sharma Email: [email protected] Gujarat, India Mruga Thakkar Join our French classes in Ahmedabad and in Baroda and be part of more Facebook: Af d'Ahmedabad Telefax: +91 265 2252854 Pooja Thakkar than 220 million French speakers across five continents. French is one of the Urvi Velani Email: [email protected] world's most widely spoken languages. The international organisation of Nisha Vyas Desk CampusFrance-Espace Ahmedabad Facebook: Alliance Française French speaking countries, the Francophonie, comprises of more than 75 Tejal Vyas Elizabeth Coutin (Baroda) (at Alliance Française d'Ahmedabad) d'Ahmedabad - Annexe Baroda states and governments. January - Satyen Gulabrai (Baroda) www.campusfrance.org April 2013 Bhasha Mewar (Baroda) Decouvrir Design and Printing by Decouvrir Design and Printing email: [email protected] Our teaching method: the communicative language teaching Clotilde Varennes (Trainee, Baroda) The communicative approach puts our students at the centre of the learning Library process. It lets you communicate freely in real-life contexts, using the Sujit Nair language you need. It is also the best way to get ready for internationally Desk CampusFrance recognized qualifications: DELF-DALF, TEFaQ Yash Mehra Gandhigram Nehru Bridge Reception Law Garden Railway Nirja Parmar Station 5 reasons to join Alliance Française in 2013: expertise, innovation, Rakshinda Shaikh recognition, membership, social networking. Jiji Thattil Think about it and be ready to open your mind through French, the language Esha Kothi (Baroda) of culture and "Art de Vivre", for the job market and most importantly the Translation Cell British Library Rinku Patel Ashram Road language of love! River Technical Staff Sabarmati Ankur Parmar See you soon among us in Ahmedabad and/or in Baroda! Jayesh Parmar Panchvati Town Hall Circle Have a wonderful year ahead. Dhanbahadur Thapa Gujarat College Ellis Bridge With my warmest regards, Ganpat Vaghela Gautam Vaghela Philippe Martin Shobhana Sapkal (Baroda) Director Cafeteria Asmat Shaikh Zaheera Shaikh 01 Dear members and students and stakeholders, Dear members and students, It was in 1982 when an idea was born. An idea that the ancient city of As Délégué Général of Fondation Alliance Française for India and Nepal, it is with Ahmedabad, melting pot of cultures, influences and thoughts through the pleasure that I take part in the editorial of Découvrir 2013, 1st issue of this new year. ages, was again ready to open its Darwajas and look overseas as has been its wont throughout millennia. An idea that The Alliance Française would The Alliance Française network in India and around the world is now very well known find fertile soil to flourish in the citadel of Ahmedabad. and renowed. These trustworthy and tacit networkhas grown up since the birth itself of the first Alliance Française in 1883. Accordingly,2013 will see the anniversary of the Operations, in the form of its first classroom, began with 2 students creation of the first Alliance Française 130 years ago. We are also going to celebrate in 1983. And from this humble beginning, to around 2600 students today, together the 10th anniversary of the Annex of Baroda during the festival of Bonjour the Alliance is a shining example, not only of the enterprising spirit of India!during the first trimester. We will also celebrate the week of Francophonie all the Amdavadi, but of France as well. This melange of the Occidental and over India, but also all around the world (16th to 23rd March